74 Birds from Near East and Tropical East Africa. [Ibis, 



Gallinago media Lath. 



A cominou winter visitor to Kenya Colony, first arrivals 

 being noted on 30. ix. (Jomnion till the end of April. My 

 latest record is at Nairobi on 11. v. 



Limnocryptes gallinula (L.)- 



The Jack Snipe is a rare winter visitor to Kenya Colony. 

 1 shot a couple at Nairobi on 15.xi. 15, and on the same 

 day bagged specimens of GaUinar/o media, G.n.igripennis,i\m\ 

 G. gallinago. I again saw a Jack Snipe at Naivasha on 8. xi. 

 Others have been obtained at Nairobi by Percival and the 

 late Capt. Woosnam. 



Numenius arquatus lineatus tUiv. 



All Egyptian specimens I have seen belong to this large 

 eastern race. A series of nine birds from the coast of 

 Kenya Colony are also of tiiis rac(^ the following being 

 the measurements : — 



Sex. Nutnber. Localiti/. Wing. Cidmen. 



S 2 Egypt 281-284 130-145 



$ 2 Egypt 306 153-190 



c? 7 Kenya Colony 276-295 130-145 



$ 2 Kenya Colony 293, 296 " 180, 190 



An abundant winter visitor to the eastern coasts of Africa 

 from the end of Octob(>r to the end of April. A few occur 

 inland on Lake Naivasha and on the Victoria Nyanza. 



Hsematopus ostralegus. 



Not obtained. One seen at Entebbe on Victoria Nyanza 

 on 20. iii.l5, a few at Mombasa (Nov., Dec, April, May), 

 at Tanga (November), Mafia Island (March), and at Uar-es- 

 Salaam (September to November). They were not common 

 anywhere. 



